The key to a successful
social construction is to hide the seams, conceal moral or partisan concerns
inside such irreproachable domains like neuroscience or public safety, and make
the message so repetitive that it blends into background noise. Interpretations
about marijuana’s menace or merit are a case in point – and in the news today. Browse
the links below and you will see the wet paint of new claims and
counter-claims.

The toll the toke takes…

At the same time that we witness legal changes that make recreational
marijuana permissible and as more claims are made about its medical uses, others
continue to maintain that marijuana is dangerous to users and harmful to
others.